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The Italian Connection

Original title: La mala ordina
  • 19721972
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.6K
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The Italian Connection (1972)
ActionCrimeThriller
A Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.A Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.A Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Fernando Di Leo
  • Writers
    • Fernando Di Leo(story)
    • Augusto Finocchi(screenplay)
    • Ingo Hermes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mario Adorf
    • Henry Silva
    • Woody Strode
  • Director
    • Fernando Di Leo
  • Writers
    • Fernando Di Leo(story)
    • Augusto Finocchi(screenplay)
    • Ingo Hermes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mario Adorf
    • Henry Silva
    • Woody Strode
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 32User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
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    Woody Strode in The Italian Connection (1972)
    The Italian Connection (1972)
    The Italian Connection (1972)
    Franco Fabrizi in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Renato Zero in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Luciana Paluzzi, Henry Silva, and Woody Strode in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Imelde Marani and Henry Silva in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Luciana Paluzzi, Henry Silva, and Woody Strode in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Lara Wendel and Sylva Koscina in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Lara Wendel and Sylva Koscina in The Italian Connection (1972)
    Lara Wendel in The Italian Connection (1972)
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    Mario Adorf
    Mario Adorf
    • Luca Canali
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • David Catania
    Woody Strode
    Woody Strode
    • Frank Webster
    Adolfo Celi
    Adolfo Celi
    • Don Vito Tressoldi
    Luciana Paluzzi
    Luciana Paluzzi
    • Eva Lalli
    Franco Fabrizi
    Franco Fabrizi
    • Enrico Moroni
    Femi Benussi
    Femi Benussi
    • Nana
    Gianni Macchia
    • Nicola
    Peter Berling
    Peter Berling
    • Damiano
    Francesca Romana Coluzzi
    Francesca Romana Coluzzi
    • Trini
    Cyril Cusack
    Cyril Cusack
    • Corso
    Sylva Koscina
    Sylva Koscina
    • Lucia Canali
    Jessica Dublin
    Jessica Dublin
    • Miss Kenneth
    Omero Capanna
    • Tressoldi's Henchman at Carpentry
    Giuseppe Castellano
    Giuseppe Castellano
    • Piero Panunzio
    Giulio Baraghini
    • Tressoldi's Henchman with Nicola
    Andrea Scotti
    • Tressoldi's Henchman
    Imelde Marani
    Imelde Marani
    • Cloakroom Attendant
    • Director
      • Fernando Di Leo
    • Writers
      • Fernando Di Leo(story) (dialogue) (screenplay)
      • Augusto Finocchi(screenplay)
      • Ingo Hermes(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Woody Strode and Henry Silva's characters later served as inspirations for Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction (1994).
    • Goofs
      In the English version, Irish actor Cyril Cusack plays the American drug trafficker named Corso by using his native Irish accent throughout the whole film.
    • Quotes

      Don Vito Tressoldi: [to Luca, after being held at gunpoint] You little runt. You're talking to Don Vito Tressoldi, and DON'T YOU FORGET IT! That name means something. What's yours mean? NOTHING! Not even that stupid whore you're married!

      Luca Canali: [sighs in disbelief] My wife wasn't a whore...

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    User reviews32

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    7/10
    More Hard-boiled madness
    Poor Mario Adorf. He just wants to pimp out his girls in Milan and give the cash to his ex-wife and his sickly young daughter. He's not a bad guy really, although he doesn't like it when guys try to rough up his girls. Mario's just getting on with his petty criminal life when all of a sudden he's being hunted down not only by the local crime boss, but by two hard faced American hit men too.

    The hit men, Henry Silva and Woody Strode, have been sent to track him down and kill him in the most violent and brutal way possible as lesson from the US Mafia to those in Italy thinking of stealing heroin shipments. This might be all well and good, if in fact Mario had actually stolen anything. Instead the poor guy spends most of the film being hunted down like a dog while having no idea whatsoever why people want to kill him.

    There's more pressure on Mario as the local don (Adolfo Celi) doesn't like the presence of two American gangsters on his turf and sends his men out to capture Mario. Every petty criminal in Milan knows that Mario's a marked man, so who can he trust? His hookers?

    While this is a little thin story wise, the film itself is rather good. Henry Silva truly looks like a guy who would stab you in the face one minute then put the moves on your wife the next. Woody Strode is the straight man to all Silva's shenanigans, and Adolfo Celi nearly outdoes Silva in the hard-case gangster role, especially at near the end where the demented Mario finally confronts him. It's Mario Adorf that steals the show here as the clueless, but not helpless, Mario, as he jumps from being a flawed but caring father to a man who has been pushed about as far as someone can be.

    Although the first half sets up all the characters and has a punch up or two, the film gradually gets more and more violent as you would expect, and of course it's standard practice to throw in a car chase too. This one goes from a car chase to a foot chase and even has Mario smashing his head through a windscreen in order to get at a gangster. From then it's non-stop until the gunfight in the scrapyard.

    Funky soundtrack too. Loud, with it.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 1972 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • West Germany
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Manhunt
    • Filming locations
      • Milan, Lombardia, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
      • Hermes Synchron
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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